Old face leads in Power troops

Kane Cornes led in the Power when pre-season training kicked off this morning. Picture: Mark Brake Source: The Advertiser

PORT Adelaide veteran Kane Cornes shows no signs of slowing down.

The 29-year-old - who this year won a club record-equalling fourth club champion award - ran his younger teammates off their legs as the Power returned to pre-season training this morning.

Cornes - looking as fit as ever - won the club's first 3km time trial of the pre-season by a convincing 15 seconds.

He recorded a time of 9 min, 46 secs to outpace second-year defender Cam O'Shea (10:01) and captaincy candidate Brad Ebert (10:19) around the Uni loop track in Adelaide's north parklands.

It was the club's first training session on home soil under new coach Ken Hinkley.

Small forward Cam Hitchcock (10:25), ruckman Matthew Lobbe (10:26), key forward Justin Westhoff (10:27), utility Andrew Moore (10:28) and midfielder Matthew Broadbent (10:32) rounded out Port's top-eight runners.

New recruit Angus Monfries (from Essendon) ran a solid 10:41.

Full back Alipate Carlile - who has battled fitness problems thoughout his career - showed he has some more work to do, finishing near the back of the pack with a time of 11:12.

Second-year defender Nathan Blee brought up the tail, finishing in 11:39 as most of the players looked in good condition.

Midfielder Hamish Hartlett has beefed up noticeably, while in an encouraging sign promising ruckman Lobbe ran like a midfielder.

About 10 senior players, including Robbie Gray, Brent Renouf and Matt Thomas, did not take part in the run as they begin their pre-season campaigns on modfield programs.

Hinkley said he was pleased with the condition of his men and that new fitness coach Darren Burgess would be working on a combination of strength and endurance drills over summer.

"It will be a whole-rounded thing to get them into the best shape we possibly can, push them as hard as we can and hopefully come the start of the season they are in the best shape they can be," he said.

"That's the whole thing, it's not just one, it's not just strength, it's not just running capacity, it's the whole thing to make sure we've got them in the very best shape in all areas."

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